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Dr Tan Kai Chah is a renowned liver surgeon practising at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore. He specialises in hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplants and has trained, practised and worked in the United Kingdom.

During his time in the United Kingdom, Dr Tan pioneered various liver transplant procedures for both adults and paediatric patients; these include the first ‘split-liver’ transplant, the first auxiliary liver graft, five combined liver-kidney procedures and two combined heart-liver transplant.

Dr Tan spent six years as the senior liver transplant surgeon in King’s College Hospital, London, where he trained 26 surgeons and performed more than 400 procedures. He also advised and helped implement the Irish National Liver Transplant Programme at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin.

In 1994, Dr Tan returned to Southeast Asia and set up his private practice, the Asian Centre for Liver Diseases & Transplantation (ACLDT), in Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore and the Subang Jaya Medical Centre (SJMC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

From 1996 to March 2002, Dr Tan was director of the Liver Transplant Programme at Singapore’s National University Hospital, where he performed 72 transplants, both adult and paediatric. He also started a Living Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT) programme at SJMC in 1995, where he has performed more than 50 procedures before he left.

Dr Tan’s work primarily involves general hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplantation. In January 2002, Dr Tan and his team at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore were authorised to perform LDLTs. In April that same year, Dr Tan performed the first successful adult-to-adult LDLT in Southeast Asia. To date, the team in Gleneagles Hospital has performed more than 240 LDLT procedures.

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Currently practising at Gleneagles Hospital Singapore, Dr Kevin Sng is trained in colorectal surgery, endoscopy, laparoscopic and general surgery.

Dr Sng went on to pursue his post-graduate training in surgery, accumulating work experience in many public institutions including Changi General Hospital, Singapore General Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital and KK Women's and Children's Hospital.

Under the Health Manpower Development Plan Fellowship by the Ministry of Health, Dr Sng trained in Korea under the distinguished mentorship of Professor Kim Seon Hahn, a world-renowned robotic and laparoscopic colorectal surgeon. Dr Sng obtained his Certificate of Completion for the International Fellowship for Robotic & Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery at the Korea University Anam Hospital in Seoul, Korea in 2012. Dr Sng is a registered member of the Singapore Society of Colorectal Surgeons as well as the Asia-Pacific Hernia Society.

Dr Sng was formerly Consultant and Director of Colorectal Service in Changi General Hospital (CGH). He also served as Co-Director, Centre for Advanced Clinical and Surgical Skills, as well as a member of the Laparoscopic Procedures Credentialling Committee in CGH. Dr Sng was appointed Clinical Senior Lecturer by the National University of Singapore Medical School in 2012 and has served as an examiner for the Final Professional Examination for the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degrees. He has also been involved with the Singhealth Residency Programme since 2011 and served as a Faculty Member for the General Surgery, Family Medicine and Transitional Year Residency Programmes. Dr Sng has published a number of articles in both local and international peer-reviewed journals and is also a reviewer for a number of international journals including Singapore Medical Journal, Journal of Pediatric Surgery and World Journal of Surgical Oncology.

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Dr See Ju Yaw is a Consultant General Surgeon practicing in Ambulatory SurgiCare (ASC) located at Novena Medical Center (NMC). Dr See was previously from the Department of Surgery, National University Hospital (NUH) before he started his own practice in ASC. After many years in NUH, Dr See felt that it was in his best interest that he move on to solely concentrate on his own practice. At the outset, he promises to provide personalized, cost-effective care based on evidence-based medicine.

Dr See graduated in Singapore and obtained his post-graduate degrees in United Kingdom and Singapore. He is a Member and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (MRCS and FRCS) and a Fellow of Academy of Medicine Singapore (FAMS). He has special interest in laparoscopic, oncologic and vascular surgery. Trained as a general surgeon, he performs a variety of minimally invasive surgeries and is proficient in endoscopic procedures. He had also gone for courses on Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine at Peking Union Medical College. Dr See Ju Yaw is a general surgeon with special interest in laparoscopic, oncologic and vascular surgery. He performs various minimally invasive surgeries and endoscopic procedures. He also has a special interest in cancer surgery of the thyroid, breast and gastro intestinal tract (oesaphagus, stomach, colon and rectum and the pancreas).

After he left institution practice, he furthers his training with stints in established Ambulatory Surgical Centers (similar to the locally known Day Surgery Centers) in the United States. During his self-sponsored higher training in the States, he also oversaw two major personal developments in Singapore.

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Dr Cheng Shin Chuen is a General Surgeon with subspecialty interest in Vascular and Endovascular procedures. He read Medicine at the University of New South Wales and completed his training in General Surgery in Singapore. He did his Endovascular fellowship at Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney as a Senior Clinical Fellow in 2007.

Prior to starting Private Practice, He was the Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Services, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Associate Program Director of General Surgery Training, NHG-AHPL Training Cluster and Adjunct Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore. He was awarded the inaugural Nanyang Technological University-National Healthcare Group, Seed Innovation Grant in 2011 for Vascular Imaging research.

Dr Cheng is actively involved with undergraduate and postgraduate clinical teaching. He still teaches Medical Students from Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine regularly. He is the Medtronic Regional Proctor for complex Endovascular Procedures and has lectured and taught in the region, pertaining to his specialty field of Endovascular Surgery. He is a Visiting Consultant Endovascular Surgeon to Tham Duc Cardiovascular Hospital, Ho Chi Minh and a Member of the American College of Phlebology.

His main clinical interest is in limiting the debilitating side effects of diabetes in patients, especially pertaining to Amputation prevention and Major Amputation prevention (Below-Knee or Above-Knee Amputation).

Dr Liau graduated from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore in 1994 and obtained his postgraduate surgical degree in 1998. The same year, he was admitted to the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK. Dr Liau then continued his further training in cancer management at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, USA from 2002 to 2003. When he returned to Singapore in 2003, he was conferred Fellowships by the Academy of Medicine, the College of Surgeons Singapore and the International College of Surgeons.

Prior to establishing his private practice, Dr Liau was the senior consultant surgeon in the Department of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital. During his tenure, he served as the Chief of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Unit in the Department of General Surgery from 2004 to 2010. He was also the Deputy Head of the Department of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital from 2008 to 2010.

Dr Liau was the founder of Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (APHPBA), and a council member in the association from 2005 - 2011. Dr Liau was also the Vice President of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (Singapore) from 2013-2014 and the council member of the College of Surgeons, Singapore from 2010-2014.

Dr Liau is a member of the Society for Surgery of Alimentary Tract (SSAT), Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA) and International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA). Having a keen interest in the care of patients with neuroendocrine tumours (carcinoids), he serves on the executive committee of the Carcinoid & Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (CNETs) and is also a member of the European Neuroendocrine Society. Dr Liau belongs to an International Surgical Infections Studies Group which reviews the practice guidelines for the management of surgical infections.

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Dr Ngoi graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1981 and was admitted as Fellow to the Royal College of Surgeons (Glasgow) in1985, Fellow to the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) and completed Master of Medicine (surgery) (Singapore) in 1986.

Prior to entering private practice at Gleneagles Hospital, Dr Ngoi had held several posts as Medical Officer, Senior Tutor, Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor and Consultant Surgeon at both the Singapore General Hospital and the National University Hospital in Singapore. Dr Ngoi also underwent several academic attachments at the Department of Surgery at the Univesity of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital's Endoscopic Unit, St. Mark's Hospital in the United Kingdom, and the Department of Surgery at The New York Hospital at Cornell Medical Centre. Dr. Ngoi is also a member of the International Society of Surgery (ISS), Collegium Internationale Chirurgiae Digestivae (CICD), The Academy of Medicine of Singapore and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons as well as a member of the Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore Laser Committee in 1986.

Dr. Ngoi’s clinical interests include colorectal surgery, general surgery and laparoscopic surgery, particularly cholecystectomy, appendectomy, hernia repair and adhesiolysis. He also has interests in endoscopy, including gastroscopy and ERCP.

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Dr Felicia Tan received her postgraduate training as a general surgeon at the National Cancer Centre Singapore and Singapore General Hospital. Prior to starting her own practice at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, she was an associate consultant in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and a consultant surgeon in Raffles Hospital.

Dr Tan's clinical interest is in treatment of breast cancer.She uses various surgical techniques to achieve the best oncologic and cosmetic outcome for her patients. These include breast conservation surgery (lumpectomy) for cancers as well as nipple and skin-sparing mastectomies with immediate breast reconstruction.

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Dr Ho Choon Kiat is an accredited consultant hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeon with more than 15 years of clinical experience. He specialises in the diagnosis and management of diseases of the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts and the pancreas. He also has subspecialty expertise in surgical oncology (surgery for cancer) and advanced laparoscopic surgery (keyhole surgery).

Dr Ho has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. He is frequently invited to present at regional and international conferences. Dr Ho has also perfromed live surgery in China and Indonesia, teaching laparoscopic surgery to local doctors. Dr Ho’s other interest is surgical education. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor with the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS. He is also a Reviewer for the Singapore Medical Journal.

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Prior to setting up private practice at Mt. Elizabeth Medical Centre, Dr Francis-Seow-Choen was Head and Senior Consultant in the Department of Colorectal Surgery, Singapore General Hospital He also held posts as Director of the Endoscopy Centre and Director of Surgical Oncology at the National Cancer Centre.

Dr Seow-Choen is an established surgeon in the field of colorectal surgery. He contributes to the development of colorectal surgery in Asia and has frequently conducted trainings in many countries worldwide. He is frequently consulted by surgeons from all over the world with regard to the best method of handling difficult cases.

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Dr Julian Ong is a Consultant Surgeon at Colorectal Surgeons, Inc. (CSI). His areas of interest are in endoscopy and in minimally invasive surgery, particularly in laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer. Dr Ong also focuses on the management of all other colorectal conditions and surgery for perianal conditions. Dr Ong has performed many colon and rectal surgeries in both laparoscopic and open techniques. He is an accredited console surgeon in robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery. In addition, Dr Ong also has an interest in the field of trauma surgery, being an accredited instructor in the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) training program.

After graduating with a medical degree from the National University of Singapore, Dr Ong fulfilled his years of residency and proceeded to complete his fellowships in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He earned his Master’s Degree of Medicine (Surgery) from the National University of Singapore, Faculty of Medicine. He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, Chapter of General Surgeons.

Prior to establishing his practice at Colorectal Surgeons, Inc., Dr Julian Ong was Associate Consultant at the Department of Colorectal Surgery, Singapore General Hospital (2009 – 2011) one of the most progressive colorectal surgical units in the region. He was also Consultant Surgeon at the Pacific Surgical and Colorectal Centre (2011 – 2013).

Aside from his passion for medicine and surgery, Dr Ong is an all-rounded individual with keen interests in motorsports and sports. He has been actively in the Singapore SingTel Formula One Grand Prix since its induction in Singapore, and is presently the Deputy Chief Medical Officer of the event.

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Dr Lee Chee Wei is a general surgeon with about 10 years experience in the field. At his clinics at Mount Elizabeth Novena, Mount Elizabeth and Parkway East Hospitals, he provides specialised care for patients with vascular diseases. Patients will receive a comprehensive assessment including a Duplex scan in the clinic. Dr Lee is fully conversant in performing complex vascular operations such as open aortic repair, bypass surgery, peripheral angioplasties, endovascular repairs of the aorta and endovenous laser treatment of varicose veins.

Upon his graduation from the Faculty of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (MBBS, 1995), he underwent basic training and received his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh in 2001. He completed his Advanced Specialty Training in General Surgery in 2005. Then, through the Health Manpower Development Programme (HMDP) Award, he attended a one-year fellowship programme at St Vincentʼs Hospital in Sydney, Australia where he trained in open surgical procedures as well as endovascular interventional procedures. His training there also involved an attachment to the Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory where he was trained to do duplex vascular ultrasounds and other non-invasive tests.

Prior to his move to private practice, Dr Lee was a consultant at the Department of General Surgery at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. During his tenure, he served as the Head of the Vascular Surgery Service as well as the Director of the Vascular Diagnostic Lab, where he was credited for pushing the boundaries of peripheral arterial interventions (including the use of drug-eluting balloons and stents), endovascular aortic repairs, arteriovenous fistula salvage for renal dialysis, bypass surgery (including distal bypass and trauma surgery) and minimally invasive interventions for varicose veins. He currently remains a Visiting Consultant to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

Dr Lee was admitted as a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore, Surgery, in 2011. He also has several local and international journals to his name such as Annals of Vascular Surgery and World Journal of Surgery.

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Prof Abu Rauff obtained his MBBS in Calcutta in 1962, completed his M.Med in Delhi and subsequently underwent subspecialty training in the UK. From 1985 to 1988, he chaired the Department of Surgery at the Singapore General Hospital, and later the National University Hospital from 1988 to 1992. In 1990, Prof Rauff participated in Singapore’s first liver transplant at the National University Hospital.

Prof Abu Rauff is a very experienced senior surgeon who trained many of the top surgeons in practice today. He is still actively involved in teaching clinical surgery to both undergraduate and post graduate students. He also participates in research projects at the National University Hospital.

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Dr Lim Khong Hee graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1992. He obtained his postgraduate degree in 1998 and was a Clinical Fellow (HMDP) in Upper Gastrointestinal and Laparoscopic Surgery at the renowned Princess Alexandra Hospital (Brisbane) in 2002. He was admitted to the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in the Specialty of General Surgery in 2004. He also became a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine (Singapore) in 2004.

Prior to establishing his private practice, Dr Lim was the Chief of the Upper Gastrointestinal Service and Senior Consultant in the Department of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital. During his tenure as the Director of the Centre for Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery in Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Dr Lim encouraged the development of complex and cutting-edge laparoscopic skills and techniques as well as led the organisation of basic, advanced and masterclass laparoscopic courses. He had also established network with international centres of excellence such as Seoul National University Bundang Hospital and International Endoscopic Obesity Centre, in E-Da Hospital (Taiwan).

Dr Lim has had wide exposure to upper gastrointestinal and advanced laparoscopic procedures such as radical gastric resections with systematic lymphadenectomy, laparoscopic fundoplication, and laparoscopic surgery for morbid obesity. He has also gained much experience in both diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy (including ERCP). Dr Lim was actively involved in the teaching of basic and advanced surgical trainees and was the Programme Co-ordinator for the Introduction to Colonoscopy Programme (Virtual Reality-based). He was also a Clinical Lecturer in the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and an Examiner in the Final Professional Examination for the Degrees of MBBS.

Dr Lim was the Track Leader for the Laparoscopy Symposium within the National Healthcare Group (NHG) Annual Scientific Congress 2008 and a Clinical Tutor for the Exit Exam Preparatory Course 2009 and 2010 organised by the Chapter of General Surgeons. In addition, Dr Lim is a reviewer in the Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore as well as the Singapore Medical Journal. He has been an invited Speaker and Chairperson for numerous local and regional meetings. He was also a member of the Credentials and Accreditation Committee, Endoscopy Committee, Quality & Patient Safety Committee and Hospital Transfusion Committee of Tan Tock Seng Hospital. His research interests include oesophageal and gastric cancer, hernia and minimally invasive surgery. He is also a member of the Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA) and Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES).

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Dr Jane Tan graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1997. She obtained her postgraduate surgical qualifications from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2000, and a Masters in Medicine (Surgery) from the National University of Singapore in 2001. She was certified a Specialist in General Surgery by the Specialist Accreditation Board of Singapore in 2005, and subsequently admitted as a Fellow to the College of Surgeons, Academy of Medicine of Singapore. Since then, she has gained wide experience in minimally invasive colorectal and general surgical procedures, treatment of colorectal cancers and benign colorectal diseases, complex perianal disorders and functional bowel disorders.

Dr Tan in an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. She is actively involved in the teaching of undergraduates and postgraduates. She has many research interests, and has participated in clinical and laboratory studies. She has won research awards, and published articles in many international journals. Dr Tan has been an invited speaker at many local and international surgical meetings.

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He completed his MBBS in 1983 at the National University of Singapore, FRCS (Gen Surg) in 1989 at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, UK and FAMS (Gen Surg) in 1995 at the Academy of Medicine, Singapore.

Dr Denis Cheong was a senior consultant in the Department of General Surgery at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He was responsible for developing Medical and Radiation Oncology and pioneered the development of laparoscopic (keyhole) colorectal surgery.

He is multilingual and his works involves screening for colon cancer and polyps, diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy and colonoscopy, hernia repair - open/laparoscopic, diverticular disease and inflammatory bowel disease and many others.

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Dr Aileen Seah Ai-Lin is the first American trained female colorectal surgeon in Singapore. She had advanced training in Colon and Rectal Surgery in the University of Minnesota, USA in 2003 under a Ministry of Health Scholarship award. Her mentors were renowned surgeons Dr Stanley Goldberg, Dr David Rothenberger, Dr Ann Lowry and Dr Robert Madoff. Subsequently, Dr Aileen Seah was also trained under the proctorship of Professor Hironori Yamamoto, the inventor of the double balloon enteroscope.

Dr Aileen Seah is experienced in the management of a wide variety of colorectal and anorectal conditions such as cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, pelvic floor disorders, functional colorectal conditions as well as anorectal disorders. She is very skilful in using the double balloon enteroscopy to evaluate small bowel disorders and do endoscopic submucosal dissection in the treatment of large flat polyps. Dr Aileen Seah is also a registered acupuncturist.

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Dr Charles Tsang Bi-Shiou was Head, Division of Colorectal Surgery, University Surgical Cluster, National University Health System and Head, Division of Surgical Oncology, National University Cancer Institute when he left for private practice in 2012.

Dr Charles Tsang has vast experience in laparoscopic and robotic surgery for both cancers and benign disorders, proctology, advanced therapeutic endoscopy and functional bowel disorders such as constipation and incontinence. He is a well known surgical oncologist in the treatment of locally advanced and recurrent colorectal cancer and a world renowned expert in the field of endoanal and endorectal ultrasonography.

Dr Charles Tsang is also a pioneer surgeon in the development and promotion of the LIFT technique for treatment of anal fistulas in Singapore and the region. He was the first surgeon in Singapore and in the region to have performed sacral nerve modulation as well as implanted artificial bowel sphincters for faecal incontinence.

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Dr Leong graduated from the University of London in 2000. He obtained his membership to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2003 and started working in Tan Tock Seng Hospital since 2003. He started his Advanced Specialist Training in 2005 and passed his fellowship exams in 2008. Dr Leong was awarded the prestigious MOH HMDP scholarship to train under Prof Kim Seon Hahn in Korea University for Laparoscopic and Robotic colorectal surgery in 2010. Since his return, he has been passionate about advancing the practice of minimally invasive colorectal surgery. In addition to laparoscopic colorectal surgery, he performs a repertoire of minimally invasive surgery for General Surgery.

Dr Leong is amongst a handful of local surgeons who practice Single Incision Laparoscopic surgery for colorectal diseases. This is a highly technically difficult procedure that confers excellent cosmetic results. Dr Leong also holds basic and advanced certifications in Robotic colorectal surgery and is a firm believer in this being the next major advancement for rectal cancer surgery. He is an avid teacher in advanced laparoscopy and routinely trains basic and advanced specialist trainees in laparoscopic surgery. He proctors consultant surgeons in complex colorectal cases regularly. Dr Leong is a proctor for haemorrhoid surgery using the new EEA® stapler by Covidien and the Transanal Hemorrhoidal Dearterialization (THD) method. Academically Dr Leong has more than 10 first author publications in both general Surgery and Colorectal surgery.

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Dr Ooi graduated with his medical degree (MBBS) from the National University of Singapore in 1992 and became a surgical fellow of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Ireland (FRCSEd, FRCSGlag, FRCSI) in 1996. He then received his training in colorectal surgery at the Department of Colorectal Surgery at the Singapore General Hospital. Dr Ooi was awarded Health Manpower Development Plan scholarships to further his training in advanced colorectal surgery at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia in 1998 and then at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio in the United States in 2002, under the guidance of the world renowned colorectal surgeons such as Professor Victor Fazio and Dr James Church.

Prior to entering private practice, he held several positions at the Singapore General Hospital, including Director of minimally-invasive surgery, senior consultant of the Department of Colorectal Surgery and the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre and Tripartite Robotic Assisted Surgery Committee Deputy Chairman. In addition to that, Dr Ooi was a visiting senior consultant at the National Cancer Centre and Changi General Hospital and honorary secretary of the Society of Colorectal Surgeons of Singapore (2004/2005). Dr Ooi has also played a part in educating the next generation of doctors, by serving as an associate professor of the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School and Senior Lecturer of the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore.